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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paylocity

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/APaylocity provides 24/7 access to your online payroll and human resource data management. Paylocity offers highly customizable payroll functionality, as well as HR, benefits administration, and time and talent management programs.N/A

    Saba TalentSpace

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Halogen Software offers a cloud-based talent management suite that includes recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning and compensation programs. It is optimized for mid-sized businesses.N/A
    Pricing
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Considered Both Products
    Paylocity
    Chose Paylocity
    Paylocity is a "best overall" SAAS. For a solid, affordable platform for midsize organizations, this is a good choice.
    Incentivized
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Chose Saba TalentSpace
    We have moved our process to Paylocity, which is our payroll vendor. Although Paylocity does not offer as much customization as STS did, it is much easier to use and fits the bill for us.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    1105 Answers
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1029 Answers
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    1163 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    674 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    66%
    Implementation went as expected
    608 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.8
    1146 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.41088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.21050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.0980 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.6993 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.2923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.8899 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7770 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.1
    1115 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation8.61087 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.3533 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.4822 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration7.6752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.91084 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.0866 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.8543 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.5
    943 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.3841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.5900 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.7709 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.4
    1127 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.61097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.91117 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.0899 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition8.2811 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.5963 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    6.9
    349 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets6.9349 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.4
    1038 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.5993 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.51013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.3645 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    8.3
    975 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    New hire portal8.5969 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.1778 Ratings7.68 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.6
    536 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    5.1
    33 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Corporate goal setting7.7422 Ratings3.528 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.5493 Ratings7.232 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.6371 Ratings4.929 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.7499 Ratings6.432 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings3.628 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.5
    678 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    6.1
    32 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Performance plans7.3614 Ratings4.628 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.4526 Ratings3.625 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.4625 Ratings5.430 Ratings
    Review reminders7.7629 Ratings6.332 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.5526 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings3.130 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.1
    352 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools6.4235 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.8289 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Candidate search7.8322 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Candidate development7.3261 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paylocity and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paylocity
    7.9
    644 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management8.0550 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.2573 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.9451 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.8546 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5466 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.1595 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.9592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Small Businesses
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (1213 ratings)
    4.4
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (118 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (78 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.9
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.7
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (105 ratings)
    4.4
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.8
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.9
    (55 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.6
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.6
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.8
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaylocitySaba TalentSpace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paylocity
    Paylocity appears to be well-suited for startups to large businesses. As with any product, finding the right price point for the services provided is the challenge. Always remember that one small company that would really appreciate the "benefits essentials" or some other part of the platform but can't afford them right now, may be the ones to get you that large company through word of mouth...IF they had been able to experience that part of the product and refer it to others.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I think it's a good platform for tracking and monitoring goals, feedback, and development. We don't use the 1:1 meeting feature, however, I can see how that would be valuable for many organizations. I do like that it is very customizable, however, that also presents problems in that sometimes forms and/or processes can be a bit challenging to create easily and quickly.
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    Pros
    Paylocity
    • Payroll is made pretty easy. I love that we have the ability to log into payroll, we just upload the information from commissions, things like that where there are exceptions to a regular payroll run. It may make it very easy to do that, just a quick upload. Additionally, when we're in the payroll grid, it gives us the ability to just make quick changes to people's pay or their tax schedule, tax withholdings, things like that without having to go through a lot of different screens. It's just very easy to access just for the click of a button. Love that.
    • We talked about performance reviews, talked about payroll with benefits administration, it allows us to utilize EDI feeds with our benefit vendors so it creates a seamless, but we just enter the information into Paylocity and then it seamlessly provides that information to our vendors. That's been really helpful. And adjusting benefits is also very easy within Paylocity. I love the recent edition of compensation analysis information, so I'm able to go into the compensation module and look for jobs that are similar to a job title at our company. I can enter the job description, I give them what state that the person or the job is in, and it pops out compensation data. It gives me different options, so titles that might be similar. So if there's not something that's an exact fit, I'm able to find something really, really close. It's been a huge upgrade because before that I was having to use a different vendor and paying $400 per job and now it's significantly less expensive to Paylocity and I'm still getting great quality data. It's been very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • 1:1 agendas are easy to create, add comments to and prompt excellent conversation flow on the topics that truly matter to the manager and the employee.
    • The system can be easily customized to reflect your company's language and culture. We did this in several areas of the platform (goals, development, learning), and it made a world of difference in the understanding and adaptation of our users. One example is that in each learning module, we added 3 questions in the course description so that managers would be automatically prompted to ask to follow up / learning transfer questions when their employees enroll and take a learning course.
    • Halogen support is outstanding. Any question I have had has been answered upon the first contact or within 24 hours.
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    Cons
    Paylocity
    • We have had lots of year end issues specifically with Partners W2's.
    • We had an accrual issue that was causing 2 additional vacation/sick accruals per year.
    • When updating accruals- the paperwork to do so is confusing at times. I feel there is little support to assist you in filling the paperwork correctly to reflect what you need the accrual to actually do.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • My organization does not use all of the functions/modules that Halogen offers, but I find that those modules still appear on the Halogen main page. I think a great area for improvement is to hide these functions so as not to confuse employees.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paylocity
    There are several technical issues we have experienced this past year with the employee onboarding process that we are still waiting to have resolved. Overall our experience with Paylocity has been positive, and we love how user-friendly and easy to navigate the system is. It has made all of our HR processes much more streamlined and efficient.
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Implementing a new system and process company wide is never an easy task. We moved so quickly in such a short period of time that we were able to learn quickly but also have the opportunity to improve the Halogen experience. We will more than likely will renew our use of Halogen as we already are seeing a small impact which hopefully in the long run will lead to a greater impact
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Paylocity
    I would give it that overall rating because we implemented in 2023 and so although that may feel like a lot of time, it still is, we still have a lot to learn and so I'm optimistic that as we learn more that rating will increase.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Halogen is very intuitive and provides very clean work-space ... lots of white space and modern layouts. There is more than one way to accomplish your action, too!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Paylocity
    Over the last 3 years, we've only had one major service issue that rendered Airbase unusable for us for about 24 hours. That said, they navigated the SVB bank crisis very well and made sure funds were available during that time.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Paylocity
    We had some minor hiccups throughout the year but they have all been fixable. Paylocity integrates well with our 401k provider, Principal, and our benefits, OneDigital. It makes it simple to house everything and have it all connected. It doesn't slow anything down to have Principal integrated. It makes it more efficient
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Paylocity
    It is very hard to get answers to your questions, you cannot speak to someone without days of requesting assistance or answers and then eventually can get a call back and then it is usually resolved fairly quickly. But NOT easy to get that help.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    We only purchased the appraisal module and without the other modules offered, you are really limited in what you can do and the process becomes much more involved with needing to maintain information across multiple platforms. We found that they charge for everything and call it "consulting." We poured so much money and time into a system that was just overkill for what we really needed.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Paylocity
    I didn't have in-person training, but I'm sure it was just as great as any other training/assistance Paylocity provides. Paylocity customer service is always available. You never have to be on hold and their answers are always accurate and timely. Documents in the help section are helpful as well. My in-person training was conducted y one of our employees who was involved in the initial set-up and training of all employees. She was excellent.
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Paylocity
    The training was live online, but was with a group of other companies. We did not receive any personalized training with our team. Whenever we would ask for training, we would be sent a peak article link or a video. It felt like the reps we dealt with didn't know the answer to the questions.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    It is very easy to use and I can do my own programming instead of paying a technician and waiting sometimes days for them to program the changes.
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    Implementation Rating
    Paylocity
    Implementation was a bit bumpy and Paylocity team not always available for next steps and/or questions. I feel like Paylocity could have done a better job in their fact finding as far as what we were currently doing, our payroll policies and needs, etc. so that we would have run into less issues as we moved forward.
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paylocity
    We went through demos five years ago and we evaluated ADP and UKG in the past, and we used Paycor previously. In the past, I've used ADP and Kronos when it was still Kronos at other companies. So several different ones. One of the main reasons was that it was all one platform and you didn't have to log into other platforms for it to communicate with each other. Payroll talks to time that talks back to payroll and you don't have to log into anything separate. The reporting was also really easy and you didn't have to have a master's degree to do it.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Paylocity
    I didn't help but I like the pricing
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Paylocity
    We have gone from a medium sized company to a larger company with no issues whatsoever with Paylocity being able to keep up or do what we need it to do for the size of our needs. In fact, it does more than we even use at this juncture
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Paylocity
    They are thorough, care about quality and success, take the time needed to implement properly, answer questions, build data feeds. A professional, caring, very skilled team there.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Paylocity
    • So when I first found Paylocity back in 2013 and was pitching it to the senior leadership company, my PowerPoint presentation, our return on investment was reducing errors in time and labor. We did paper time sheets back in the day back in 2007, 2008. So we were always running paper time sheets, Microsoft Excel or other standalone products, printing them out and hand keying them into a payroll system. So my ROI to our company was to save money and time on data entry and also to better manage the taxes. So we pay for the tax service, we're in 27 states having to manage that. Previously we were responsible for knowing what every state tax codes were, what every state tax compliance rules were. So with Paylocity we signed up for a tax service and that has been a huge return on investment.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • We are able to get our reviews done in a quicker amount of time. Instead of 4-8 weeks we were able to get it done under a month.
    • Halogen has gotten better at given us a heads up when the system will be down. Most patches are done overnight so we can at least verify it was done, but their success rate of a patch not breaking something is not at 99%. So we do lose productivity when the system is down.
    • The tool is easier to do so there are fewer questions from users outside the core team.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Paylocity Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of real-time employee data and performance metrics used to uncover and analyze trends. This creates an impactful understanding of the business, increase retention, understand labor costs, and plan for changes.Screenshot of where to automate manual processes with Paylocity's self-serve automation engine, Workflows. Users can implement routines for time-consuming manual tasks.Screenshot of where to manage and comply with employment law. Paylocity's HR Compliance solution helps users to stay on track and view important employee compliance items, from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), healthcare, and compensation.Screenshot of how Paylocity Recruiting can automate hiring processes. amplify outreach, showcase a company's culture, and build stronger candidate connections to swiftly fill positions.Screenshot of recognition and rewards in Paylocity.

    Saba TalentSpace Screenshots

    Screenshot of ReportsScreenshot of TalentviewScreenshot of 1-1 CoachingScreenshot of Create performance appraisalsScreenshot of Giving FeedbackScreenshot of Score report